COMPANY BACKGROUND
Founded in 1847, the roots of Hapag-Lloyd AG go back to the 19th century, when the company set sail for New York with their first ships of general cargo and passengers. From these beginnings, Hapag-Lloyd has grown into a leading and globally active container liner shipping company with an exciting history founded on core company values.
With a fleet of 266 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 2.0 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world's leading liner shipping companies. In the liner shipping segment, the company has 13,500 employees at locations in 140 countries with 403 offices. Hapag-Lloyd has a container fleet of 2.9 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. Worldwide, 113 liner services ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all continents. In the Terminal & Infrastructure segment, Hapag-Lloyd bundles its holdings in 20 terminals in Europe, Latin America, the USA, India and North Africa. Around 2,900 employees work in the Terminal & Infrastructure segment and complementary logistics services at selected locations.
"We care. We move. We deliver." – these are our corporate values, and they are at the heart of everything we do. Our values tell a story about where we come from. They define who we are, and they guide us on our path into the future. They guide the way we do business, inspire us, motivate us, and help us find the right path like an inner compass – together.
Our values are not only linked to our actions and business activities, but also to our vision and mission. In 2018, we set ourselves the goal of becoming the "Number One for Quality". We have a clear strategy that will help us along the way. Our values are a guiding force that will enable us to implement this strategy in a sustainable way.
"Connecting the world across oceans" – that's what we stand for at Hapag-Lloyd. That's our goal, and that's what we've always done – for more than 175 years. Today, we connect companies, markets and economic systems. We facilitate global trade, promote the prosperity of countries and businesses, and open up new opportunities wherever we operate.
Our greatest asset on this journey is our 14,500+ employees around the globe. And what unites us all is our common culture and our values: "We care. We move. We deliver."
THE IT ORGANISATION
A globally focused shipping and terminal organisation, Hapag-Lloyd is continuing to drive an ambitious and complex change and transformational program to modernize the applications enabling the digital journey of its customers. Hapag-Lloyd’s strategy depends on a successful digital transformation.
As such, the business is building competitive advantage through technology and digitising interaction with customers and its core operational processes. Against this backdrop, the Global One IT has a mandate from the executive board to lead the technology transformation of Hapag-Lloyd.
This role is based in Chennai which has just recently been established as one of 3 global IT hubs for Hapag-Lloyd and will be the global IT development hub. The GPL is required to play a crucial role in helping Hapag-Lloyd to achieve its goals by successfully innovating and creating world class solutions while optimizing the costs as efficiently as possible.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our team in Hamburg takes care of the architecture, design and implementation of our Business Rules Platform which is the basis of rule-based automation of business decisions. Supporting our specialist departments and IT product teams with advice and assistance in the design and implementation of new business rules including integration into their backend, is an essential part of our business. In addition, we work with service providers for operations and software manufacturers to ensure the highest level of quality and reliability of our solution.
We see your role as IT system engineer working from Chennai supporting Hamburg team as a flexible all-rounder and dynamic team player who enjoys and is keen in further developing our platform in a hybrid infrastructure environment. We offer a variety of tasks in expanding and improving our solution, from design to implementation and management of operations of our product. As part of a powerful team, you can shape the future of one of Hapag-Lloyd's core systems to make a difference.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS
- Continuous improvement and development of our “Business Rules Platform” product in terms of functional and non-functional capabilities in collaboration with stakeholders from business and IT
- Development and implementation of interfaces for integration into the existing and future Hapag-Lloyd application landscape including development, deployment and operation processes
- Advice and support of our IT product teams and specialist departments in design, implementation and integration of decision services
- Coordination of operations providers, software vendors as well as product experts
- Conception and implementation of solutions for monitoring and determining KPIs
- Identifies, evaluates and manages the adoption of appropriate tools, techniques and processes (including automation) for configuration & asset management to ensure information is complete, current and accurate.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Requires 5+ years of experience in technology with expertise in trending technologies.
- At least 3 years of experience in design and development of software, experience with large multinational organisations is highly preferred.
- In-depth knowledge and experience witch IBM Solution Operational Decision Manager (ODM) as part of CP4BA (CloudPak for Business Automation) with focus on design, implementation and rollout of decision services
- Experience in software development and the tools used, such as version management, CI/CD, planning and collaboration tools (e.g. Git, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, ...)
- Experience in domain specific and other programming languages, development environments and different operating environments is an advantage
- Basic knowledge of cloud technologies and development of container-based applications (e.g. Open Shift, Docker, Kubernetes) is an advantage as well as experience in the area of "Infrastructure as Code" (e.g. Terraform)
- As an international company, we require good written and spoken English skills
- However, we see your flexibility, dynamism and ability to work in a team as particularly important because that is what makes us special
- Experience in a documentation system (e.g. Confluence / Sharepoint / Teamsite etc.) is an added advantage.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
- English language – expert proficiency (additional languages are beneficial)
WHAT WE OFFER
- · Competitive salary
- Self & Family Health Insurance
- Term & Life Insurance
- OPD Benefits
- Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI)
- Learning & Development through HL Academy
- Flexible Work from Home
- Leave Travel Allowance
- Variable performance bonus
- Recreation facilities
- Privilege, Casual and Sick leaves
HAPAG-LLOYD TECHNOLOGY CENTRE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
At Hapag-Lloyd Technology Centre, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Hapag-Lloyd Technology Centre associates come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently abled status. We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusivity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to innovate solutions that make a difference in the shipping world.
We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard. We care, We move, We deliver.
